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Let’s get this straight. The left is outraged when Arizona tries to enforce immigration laws, going so far as President Obama suing the whole state. But then liberals are equally outraged when a family does not vigorously enforce the immigration law themselves? My head is spinning from the selective morality and lawfulness. The facts of the Whitman case seem simple. She hired a woman who presented herself as legal using forged and falsified documents, and when the family discovered the truth, she was terminated. Not too controversial.

The controversy should be why Whitman’s employee has not been prosecuted yet for her apparent criminal activity. It clearly states on the 1099 and I-9 forms she filled out that you swear all statements are accurate under penalty of imprisonment or fines. Are those warnings just for show? Does the federal government even prosecute criminals anymore? Besides that, she clearly broke immigration laws, which is implicit in her complaint. What other criminals get to spend hours on network TV without fear of arrest?

And when it comes to enforcement of the law, can we at least admit that most families would have a hard time understanding if someone is or is not legal? Illegal immigrants are “entitled” to so many benefits of citizenship that most average Americans would be shocked to find out the person with the driver’s license and tax ID number are here illegally. Any sensible person would think “no way, the government would pass out tax ID numbers to people here illegally!” But they do.

Plus, immigration lawyers are on record this week that if Whitman had even questioned her housekeeper about her status after being presented the false documents, she would have opened herself up to an anti-discrimination lawsuit. Presumably Gloria Allred would have been ready to make that ridiculous claim as well.

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